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'''Badwa''' is one of the names given to male spiritual leaders among the [[Bhil]] tribes of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<br />
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The religious sphere of Bhils is represented by variety of spirits, ghosts, gods, goddess, and deities. The Deovera (place of pray) is a popular religious centre and commands full respect and recognition (Mann, 1982). The Deovra are erected in the names of lineage, hamlets or village as a whole. In general, a Bhil [[Deovera]] contains images of [[Devi]], [[Mataji|Mata]], [[Bhomia]], [[Dharam Raj]], [[Robari Baba]] etc., such religious spots are specially taken care of by the popular religious man known as [[Bhopa]] (Nagda, 1992). The chief of a Deovera is called Pat Bhopa or Badwa. He is fully competent to invoke deity. A Bhopa is used to search the cause and cure of morbidity and sterility.<ref>BL Nagda, ''Ethno-Demographic Determinats of High Fertility Among Tribes'', ''Anthropologist'', '''5''' (2003): 185–188.</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* [https://openlibrary.org/a/OL205333A Mann, Rann Singh]. 1982.<br />
* Nagda, BL. 1992.<br />
* S Samvatsar, S and VB Diwanji. "Plant sources for the treatment of jaundice in the tribals of Western Madhya Pradesh of India". ''Journal of Ethnopharmacology'' '''73''' (2000): 313–316. — "The village elders and tribal medicine man 'Badwa' were interviewed ..."<br />
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